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1: Benjamin Franklin outlines his daily calendar and routine in his remarkable autobiography

Ben organized his days into six “time blocks,”  Sahil Bloom writes in his book  The 5 Types of Wealth.

  • 5:00 to 8:00 a.m.: Rise, wash, and address Powerful Goodness; contrive day’s business and take the resolution of the day; prosecute the present study; and breakfast
  • 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.: Work
  • 12:00 to
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1: “Can you meet me at my house?”

The voice on the phone was Dan Martell‘s brother, Pierre, Dan shares in his book Buy Back Your Time.

“Sure. What’s going on?” Dan said.

“Well . . . it’s better if we talk in person,” Pierre said. 

Pierre was in his twenties.  Six months earlier, he had started a home-building business. 

He was a self-described “jack of all trades,” and had jumped … continue reading

1: James Clear‘s book Atomic Habits has sold over 20 million copies worldwide.

“To put this in proper perspective,” Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in 10x Is Easier Than 2x, “out of the millions of books published each year, less than 20 will go on to sell over one million copies.  The average U.S. book sells less than 200 copies per year and less than 1,000 … continue reading

1: Tony Horton is the founder of the wildly popular P90X fitness series.

He is one ultra-fit individual.

So, what are our assumptions about Tony? Number one: This guy obviously loves to work out.

Actually, he doesn’t.  

In fact, he tracks how he feels before starting his workout. He says, depending on the day, three different voices show up in his head:  

  • 21% of the time, the voice says: “Let’s
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Lars Ulrich moved to Orange County, California, when he was a teenager.  “At the time, he was obsessed with the new wave of British heavy metal, which included bands like Saxon, Iron Maiden, and Def Leppard,” write Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy in Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork.

1: Lars wasn’t like the other kids at his high school.  “There were … continue reading

1: Tony Horton is the founder of the wildly popular P90X fitness series. He is one ultra-fit individual.

So, what are our assumptions about Tony? Number one: This guy obviously loves to work out.

Actually, he doesn’t.  

In fact, he tracks how he feels before starting his workout. He says, depending on the day, three different voices show up in his head:  

o 21% of the time, the voice says: … continue reading